Oppenheim Law Firm Budapest

Zsolt’s practice focuses on employment law.
His clients are typically from the banking, automotive, services and retail sectors.
Zsolt deals with all areas of employment law, including advisory, drafting and representation.
He is an expert of organisational restructurings, organisational development, change management and hybrid working models.
Zsolt also has significant experience in dispute resolution both on individual and collective level.
He regularly assists in corporate transactions and handles transfer of undertakings.

Recently advised a major bank with the launch of a four-day working week project.
Zsolt has been part of one of the biggest acquisitions in the telecommunication sector in recent years, advising on the alignment of staff, and the restructuring of the merged and unified working organisation.
Worked for an OEM automotive industry player during the introduction of a new employee wellbeing scheme in Hungary.
Assists a major Hungarian manufacturing company with their employment-related individual disputes and collective debates.
Advised on management remunerations schemes and incentive programs to blue chip companies.
Zsolt was involved in a major green field project advising on the set up of a working organisation from scratch.

Graduated from the University of Miskolc School of Law in 2000.
Trainee at a reputable Hungarian law firm associated with one of the Big Four accounting firms until 2002.
Associate at the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer until 2007.
Worked in the London office of Freshfields in 2006.
Founding partner of Oppenheim, Head of the Employment practice.
Assistant Managing Partner of the firm for 15 years, between 2007 and 2022.

Zsolt is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers Europe in Employment, and he is named as a Leading Individual in the field of Employment law in Hungary.
Legal 500 ranks the Employment practice group of Oppenheim as Tier 2.

Sources of Chambers say Zsolt is “one of the best employment lawyers in Hungary;” and he has "strategic thinking, understanding of the business and customer-focused attitude”.
According to sources of Legal 500: “Zsolt Cselédi, partner of the employment practice, has always been available and supported us with timely and high-value legal advice no matter what kind of employment-related issue we had.”